Chantelle

Allier · CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne · INSEE 03053

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 44.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chantelle (INSEE 03053) is in Allier (03), part of CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne. Population 1,131 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 44.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 13,592 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.58	10	5.84
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BIDAUD MARCUS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL J.P.L). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE MILLESIME · LA TAVERNE DE CHANTELLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARION JACQUETIN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ANTOINE ROSATI, MÉDECIN · AURELIE COURRIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BOURREL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHANTELLE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CHANTELLE BELLENAVE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BIDAUD MARCUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SARL J.P.L	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LE MILLESIME · LA TAVERNE DE CHANTELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MARION JACQUETIN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ANTOINE ROSATI, MÉDECIN · AURELIE COURRIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BOURREL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHANTELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE LOCALE DE CHANTELLE BELLENAVE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,121 2023: 1,131 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,069 (2012) → 1,131 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,043 (1990) → 1,131 (2023): 8.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 670, of which 9.4 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.8 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Chantelle): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Chantelle): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chantelle): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chantelle): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chantelle): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.7

Days at or below 0 °C 57

Muggy days a summer 1.4

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAREIL-CINTRAT_SAPC weather station, 7 km away at 286 m; the village itself is at 321 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHAREIL-CINTRAT_SAPC, 7 km away at 286 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 727 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHANTELLE, 0.9 km away at 324 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03053/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/e067abca-cd76-38e9-bb18-399ac7abb49c— “Marché de Chantelle”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03053/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03053/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03053/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03053
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Virieu-le-Grand	01	198 km E	1,111	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Villandraut	33	339 km SW	1,112	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 29 %
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur	71	163 km E	1,108	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Le Montsaugeonnais	52	228 km NE	1,140	54.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Vacqueyras	84	274 km SE	1,179	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul	87	144 km W	1,235	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Paul	87	144 km W	1,235	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Varennes-Saint-Sauveur	71	163 km E	1,108	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Virieu-le-Grand	01	198 km E	1,111	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Le Montsaugeonnais	52	228 km NE	1,140	54.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Vacqueyras	84	274 km SE	1,179	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villandraut	33	339 km SW	1,112	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 29 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Chantelle's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Varennes-Changy	45	185 km N	1,503	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Donjon	03	51 km E	1,007	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Broût-Vernet	03	11 km SE	1,217	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Peyratte	79	257 km W	1,105	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villevocance	07	159 km SE	1,165	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villefranche-d'Allier	03	29 km NW	1,238	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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